![]() After looking around we decided that it might be nice to stay at the fishing hole campground, it is a city campground without hook up’s but it is right on the water, and is only $15.00 per night. We have enjoyed staying at the Elks Lodge, but wanted to see if we could find a neat place to stay on the Spit. One of the things we did while on the Spit was check out the camping opportunities. His prices were very reasonable and so we booked a trip for Thursday. We struck up conversations with several of the locals, and there was a couple from Minnesota who were sitting with a gentleman who has a water taxi service, and also during the slow season takes people King Salmon fishing. We found two seats at the bar and ordered drinks, Pia of course put a dollar up on the ceiling. It is basically a log cabin with very low ceilings that are littered with signed dollar bills. We decided to head into the Salty Dawg Saloon, which is famous I guess as a very old, hangout for commercial fisherman, and tourists alike, it is affectionately referred to as the Dawg buy locals. On Tuesday we had headed down to the Spit again to look around the shops, and check things out. Wednesday was crappy, and Thursday morning was looking pretty bad until about 11:00 and it started getting very nice. ![]() As we have found up here they rarely get the weather right. They were talking about hitting 74 degrees in Anchorage on Saturday. ![]() The weather deteriorated during the week it was windy, cool, and cloudy, but the forecast for the Wednesday through Sunday was very good. We went kayaking and fishing on the Spit on Saturday which was a beautiful day, I caught a small halibut but lost it at the boat. We also met some other members and have enjoyed our stay. We stayed a week at the Elks Lodge, and got to know a younger couple John, and Laurie who we have been doing a few things with. The bar was full, but we sat at a booth by a window with that awesome view and enjoyed a few drinks. It is a spectacular view and a very nice lodge. The Elks Lodge in Homer has a view across Kachemak Bay, and the Kenai Mountains. “Pia let me get cleaned up and let’s get a drink in the lodge”. I bolted it up, plugged in the power, and hit the button, and it worked. Somehow someway I was able to hold my mouth just right and the dam thing went back into place where it belonged. I decided to crawl back underneath and try again. By this time the trip to the store had given me a breather and I had regained a little strength. Back to the bus, took the grinder out of the box attached the wheel, not enough clearance to get an angle of attack on the piece of metal I needed removed Crap. I decided to buy a right angle grinder and wheel and see if it would do the trick. I headed to the hardware store and could not find what I was looking for. I was exhausted, I decided I needed a different tool, something I could put on the end of my drill and work more of the metal corner down. I got back underneath and started again trying to twist and turn the leg so it would go into place, no luck. I could not use the hack saw because there was not enough clearance. It took forever to finally cut the small corner of the point off with a hack saw blade. I decided that there was a small corner of sheet steel that if I could bend it or cut it off I might be able to clear it and get the leg into place. The new one just would not get clear of all of the braces, and structure that surrounded the area it needed to be placed in. It was difficult to twist and turn the old one to get it free and clear. I was able to take the old one out in about 45 minutes of course I had gravity on my side, not so much on putting in the new one. ![]() I was crawling under the bus on a piece of cardboard over the gravel wrestling a 65lb piece of steel, gears, and electric motor. From 2:00 to around 6:00 I fought the good fight. The Elks Lodge did not open until 4:00 so we had lunch on the bus, and I decided to tackle the level leg. We waited for about 30 minutes and they cleared out and we got set up. We went in and talked to the book keeper, she said that they were here for a field trip, the teachers and kids were down on the beach at low tide exploring all of the critters on the beach. We arrived at the Homer Elks around 1:00 and the parking lot was full, with cars and two school buses blocking all of the RV sites. ![]()
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